"Come on, go and find Sima Yong for the orphans."

After thinking for a long time, Sima Shi looked up at the outsider.

"promise."

The guard outside the door replied and went down immediately.

"Sima Yong..."

After the guard left, Sima Shi fell into deep thought again. Sima Shi had no idea about Sima Yong.

He only knew that Sima Yong liked literature in daily life and never used his third uncle Sima Fu to intervene in the government affairs.

But that's all.

"Meet brother."

While Sima Shi was pondering, Sima Yong walked in from outside and paid homage to the Tao.

Sima Yong is over thirty years old, slender and quite handsome. Maybe because he is just looking at reading books, his skin is a little white and he has a beard on his chin.

Sima Yong was puzzled at the mansion and heard that Sima Shi had called him.

As for the reason for being puzzled, it is naturally the imperial edict issued by the prince's servant by the emperor. At this moment, Sima Yong can be said to be inexplicably shot while lying down.

It would be reasonable to let his younger brother Sima Wang be the prince's servant. After all, the emperor and Sima Wang used to discuss literature privately, which was quite sympathetic.

But letting him be the prince's servant was puzzled.

"Please get up, my brother." Sima Shi woke up from his thoughts and said with a kind look.

"Brother Xie."

Sima Yong thanked him.

Immediately, under the instructions of Sima Shi, Sima Yong sat opposite Sima Shi. As soon as he sat down, Sima Shi asked, "My brother, can you guess what the so-called thing is that I came to you?"

"Son of the prince," Sima Yong said.

"No," Sima Shi nodded and said, paused, and said, "I wonder what my brother thinks about this?"

"It's too sudden, I don't know." Sima Yong said honestly.

"What about the position of the prince's servant?"

Sima Shi seemed a little disappointed when he heard this, but he was also expected.

"It depends on your brother." Sima Yong said immediately.

From this we can see Sima Yong's behavior, kicked all the balls to Sima Shi, and Sima Shi decided on everything so that he would not make mistakes or attract suspicion.

Seeing this, Sima Shi was quite helpless and said, "Since the emperor issued an order, then I will be the prince's servant."

"promise."

Sima Yong replied, looking as usual.

The matter has been agreed upon, and Sima Yong should go back and prepare for the work that the prince's servant should do, so he quickly said goodbye and left.

In the study, Sima Shi looked at the direction where Sima Yong left, shook his head, and then threw the matter away. Since the matter was decided, there would be no more changes.

...

The next morning, Cao Cao, who had been sleeping all night, remembered Guo Shen's injuries and didn't have time to eat. He hurriedly took Liu Rang to the main hall where Cheng Ji beat Guo Shen before.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

When Cao Cao entered the main hall, the prince's sacrificial people gave up their official duties and came to pay their respects.

Since the incident in the palace that day, the young generation of Sima family, led by Sima Yan, has never been here again. There are only a few prince's servants working in the huge palace, which looks quite deserted.

It was precisely because of that palace incident that Cao Cao's prestige among the prince's house was greatly increased countless times. If Cao Cao had entered the main hall before, they would have definitely bowed, but they would not have been so enthusiastic.

"Um."

Cao Cao nodded lightly, looked around, frowned.

"Your Majesty, Guo Shen is not in good health at all. In addition, he was beaten by Cheng Ji before, and he is still being treated in the mansion."

"But it is said that there is no serious problem. You can enter the palace after two days of rest."

Tian Pengzu observed his expression and knew who he was looking for when he saw Cao Cao's expression. He hurriedly walked out of the prince's servants and said.

Tian Pengzu was the son of Tian Yu and the leader of the young Cao Wei party, the loyal Cao party, and has always been against the Sima family. As for why Sima Shi did not punish him, it was because he took into account the prestige of Tian Yu for the Cao family to guard the northern border for more than 20 years and assisted the five emperors, so he never touched their father and son.

Of course, Sima Shi has tried it, but once Tian Yu and his son Tian Pengzu, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and even some people in Yangzhou will be angry. Once they make trouble in Luoyang, there was no way. Tian Yu was so popular that Sima Shi had no choice but to ignore it and let Tian Yu and Tian Pengzu go.

Anyway, these people don’t have real power, so let them do whatever they want.

Tian Pengzu was not present in the palace that day. However, afterwards, he heard that the emperor had made Sima Yan and others dirty, so he felt extremely happy. However, Tian Pengzu seemed to suddenly think of something and frowned and asked: "I heard that Your Majesty asked Sima Yong to be the prince's servant? Was it forced by Sima Shi?"

Because his father was a military general, Tian Pengzu has always been straightforward.

"This time it was not forced by the King of Jin. I often heard of Sima Yong's name, being loyal, honest and talented. Even to the point of becoming famous in Luoyang, Cheng Ji was just dead. The position of Prince's servant was missing, so he was appointed."

Seeing that Guo Shen was not here, Cao Cao no longer had the desire to continue to stay. He was about to leave when he heard Tian Pengzu's inquiry and stopped and replied with great interest.

Tian Pengzu was stunned when he heard this.

If Cao Cao was not the emperor, I'm afraid he would have pointed at his nose and cursed.

Loyal and honest? The people in the Sima family are extremely cunning!

He has great talent and is famous in Luoyang? It's so irresistible. I have been in Luoyang for so long, but I haven't heard of this Sima family with this name called Sima Yong!

Well? No one outside the palace has ever known that there is this person. His Majesty lives in the deep palace. How could he know?

While thinking, Tian Pengzu looked at Cao Cao with confusion.

If Cao Cao killed Cheng Ji, blinded Zhang Hu, and whipped Sima Yan before, Tian Pengzu just suspected it, then Tian Pengzu would have been sure of it now. This emperor is not simple.

A look of awe gradually appeared in his eyes.

"His Majesty……"

I pondered in my heart for a long time. Even if Cao Cao had other purposes, I would let someone from the Sima family come in...

"I understand what Peng Zu meant, but now the time is not right, so I can't say more."

Cao Cao knew about Tian Pengzu's doubts, but now Sima's close friends are everywhere in the palace, so too much words will lead to mistakes.

Therefore, Cao Cao directly avoided Tian Pengzu on the grounds that the time had not come.

"Since Your Majesty knows, why do you use the Sima family? After all, Sima Shi is strong and we are weak, wouldn't it be better to use the loyal Cao Baohuang?"

Tian Pengzu still insisted on asking.

"What I gave Sima Yong was only the position of the prince's servant. Regardless of whether Sima Yong was loyal to the Cao family, Sima Shi wanted to expel Sima Shi, not more than Sima Yong, and less than Sima Yong. If hesitated because of this matter, it would lead to Sima Shi's suspicion."

When Cao Cao saw Tian Pengzu questioning, he had no choice but to make a long story short.

"Does Your Majesty want to expel Sima Shi?"

Tian Pengzu asked in surprise.

"Yes, expel Sima Shi, then occupy Luoyang and several surrounding counties, and summoned loyal ministers from various prefectures to attack Sima Shi with the reputation of the emperor."

This is also a rough plan that Cao Cao could think of. The first condition for success was to seize the initiative in Luoyang and then attack Sima Shi.

Another thing to note is that it is not to kill Sima Shi, but to expel Sima Shi out of Luoyang. Because Sima Shi's power is too great, even if Cao Cao took the risk to kill Sima Shi, the confidants of Sima family in various states and places would flock to the north, and the north was in chaos.

Why not expel Sima Shi to Luoyang?

At that time, Sima Shi would either flee to Xuzhou, guarded by Hu Fen, or flee to Yanzhou controlled by Deng Ai, or flee to other places. At that time, he would join forces with Chen Tai's Yongliang Prefectures to wipe out the Sima family in one fell swoop.

If necessary, you can also conspire with the other two countries. After all, Sima Shi has offended the other two countries in recent years. Not to mention the resentment between the pseudo-Han Jiang Wei and the Sima family, just talk about the Eastern Wu. Last year, the 200,000 Wu troops led by Zhuge Ke of the Eastern Wu were all massacred by the Sima Shi. The Sima family has completely formed a mortal hatred with the Eastern Wu.

While speaking, Cao Cao's eyes shone brightly and were ambitious.

Although Tian Pengzu was shocked, he thought of something and smiled bitterly: "Sima Shi almost possessed all the military power of the Great Wei Dynasty, and had at least hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers."

"There are many hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, but it may not be impossible to plan." Cao Cao smiled slightly and said.

He had known that Tian Pengzu would say this. Although Tian Pengzu got the true teachings of his father and understood some military strategies, Tian Pengzu was much worse than his grasp of the deceitful way and the situation.

"General Zhendong, Wuqiu Jian, and the governor of Yangzhou, Wen Qin, are loyal and righteous people. If they raise an army in Yangzhou and get help from the Eastern Wu, Sima Shi will be very panicked and personally conquered. Then, when I take advantage of the situation, I will not need many elite troops to expel the Sima family." After a pause, Cao Cao said indifferently.

"Wasting Qiu Jian, Wen Qin will raise an army to attack Sima Shi?" Tian Pengzu was shocked and puzzled.

"If the two of you, Qiqiu Jian and Wen Qin, learned that Sima Shi almost forced me to commit suicide, they would definitely raise an army!"

"It should be almost done if you calculate the time."

For the first time, Cao Cao fully revealed his plan to others.

“This, this.”

Tian Pengzu never expected that the emperor would have such a strategy, not only to hit the nail on the head, but also to be brave, intending to seize Luoyang under the army of Sima Shi hundreds of thousands!

But on the other hand, Tian Pengzu was also excited. Because the royal family was in decline, they were short-sighted and had always been trapped in the current situation. Although they had full ambitions, no one could think of an exact combat plan to turn the tide and revitalize the royal family.

And Cao Cao thought of it!

The revival of the Cao family is expected!
To be continued...